It's stuff like this that reminds me just how fricking GIGANTIC the United States is... I've been fortunate enough to travel a bit and see the differences between the regions. Makes me think that if these fat unhappy unemployed farkers in Mississippi would spend their last $50 to get on a Greyhound headed out West they could find a happier life.

Either that, or a different hell hole with a view of the back of a Denny's rather than a view of the McDonald's parking lot.

Christian Bale:valar_morghulis: Good. fark the South and fark the Midwest. Maybe if enough suicides happen we won't be subject to their fly-over-state-stupidity. We are still using 19th century terminology if Ohio is a "midwest state". Get with the program, America. Dump the East Coast bias.

Two of the true midwest states (Iowa & Minnesota) rank as the least depressed, so the headline's thesis is b.s.

Iowa and Minnesota also happen to be a lot more liberal (except the Bachmann supporters) than the Dakotas and a lot less drunk than Wisconsin...

Christian Bale:valar_morghulis: Good. fark the South and fark the Midwest. Maybe if enough suicides happen we won't be subject to their fly-over-state-stupidity. We are still using 19th century terminology if Ohio is a "midwest state". Get with the program, America. Dump the East Coast bias.

Two of the true midwest states (Iowa & Minnesota) rank as the least depressed, so the headline's thesis is b.s.

which seems odd since both places are largely populated by germans, danes, and swedes, some notoriously mopey people